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A sustainable kitchen also has to look and work great

Reconfiguring the 15-year-old Coquitlam kitchen allowed for 10 additional lineal feet of cabinets and a two-foot extension of the island, creating a more open, functional workspace. An arched doorway leads to the new butler’s pantry. The floor is engineered, wide-plank Brazilian cherry. Cabinets are solid maple and cover an integrated Bosh refrigerator and freezer and Fisher & Paykel dishwasher drawers. Wall paint is Benjamin Moore’s Spanish Olive.
By Frank O’Brien

The makeover of this 15-year-old Coquitlam kitchen proved sensitive to environmental issues but also to the underlying reasons for the renovation: to create a contemporary space that had to look and work great.
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Trio of old rooms becomes one great kitchen

Removing a wall between the kitchen and dining room, extending the counter, adding a small island and converting an old chimney chase into a pantry and appliance storage cabinets helped create a kitchen great-room with more usable, free-flowing space.
By Frank O’Brien



The East Vancouver homeowners faced a challenge: transform three separate and boxy rooms – a kitchen, a dining room and a dilapidated old laundry room – into a modern, energy-efficient kitchen while retaining the old home's heritage character.

 
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Swede Expressions | Print |  E-mail
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  • Saving money on kitchen cabinets frees cash for custom touches


By Frank O’Brien

Kitchen Makeover
A contemporary kitchen in this Commercial Drive house includes Ikea cabinets in high-gloss black and red with stainless steel doors. The contractor claims the price difference, when compared with custom-made cabinets, was in excess of $20,000. This encouraged an upgrade to a Viking cooktop, plus granite countertop and backsplash. The $3,800 blown-glass chandelier was nearly as expensive as the Ikea cabinets.
It can easily cost $30,000 to $50,000 for a full set of custom kitchen cabinets, but some savvy Vancouver homeowners have found that going with pre-form cabinets from Ikea, the Swedish icon of low-cost style, can really pay off.
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Energy-saving kitchens | Print |  E-mail
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Solar-heated water and bamboo floors soften the carbon footprint in this top B.C. makeover 

By Frank O’Brien

Kitchen Makeover
Energy Star-rated appliances are sheathed in solid, vertical-grain, book-matched mahogany cabinets. Appliances include a dishwasher-in-a-drawer that uses less water than conventional models.
Kerr Construction Ltd. of Vancouver captured a 2008 gold Georgie Award for the best kitchen under $100,000 – and the national SAM Award from the Canadian Home Builders' Association as the best kitchen in Canada – for this renovation in Vancouver's Southlands. But it is the emphasis on the environment that may truly set it apart.
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British Columbians have a unique take on what makes a great kitchen

By Frank O’Brien

Kitchen makeover
Induction cooking
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